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Lyrics and Chords

Verse 1: 0:00
Em7
  She packed my bags
                A9
Last night preflight,
Em7                 A9
  Zero hour, nine A.M.
C                   G/B   Am
  And I'm gonna be high-i-igh
Am7/G            D/F# | D/F#
  As a kite by then.
0:28
Em7
  I miss the earth so much,
   A11
I miss my wife,
Em7                    A9
  It's lonely out in space
C            G/B     Am
  On such a ti - i - imeless
  Am7/G | D/F# D/A | D Am7/D
Flight.

Chorus: 0:56
G
  And I think it's gonna be
              C
A long, long time
                 C
Till touchdown brings me 'round
          G
Again to find

             G
I'm not the man they think
         C
I am at home.
            G/B
Oh no, no, no,
1:09
       A7
I'm a rocket man.
 C
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
 G         C | C
Here alone.

Chorus: 1:24
G
  And I think it's gonna be
              C
A long, long time
                 C
Till touchdown brings me 'round
          G
Again to find

             G
I'm not the man they think
         C
I am at home.
            G/B
Oh no, no, no,
1:37
       A7
I'm a rocket man.
 C
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
 G         C | C/G
Here alone.

Verse 2: 1:52
Em7
  Mars ain't the kinda place
    A9
To raise your kids,
Em7                     A7
  In fact it's cold as hell.
C                      G/B     Am
  And there's no one there to raise them
Am7/G     D/F# D/A | D
  If you did.
2:20
Em7
  And all this science
        A7         A11 A7
I don't understand.
Em7                             A7  A11
  It's just my job five days a week.
          C   G/B     Am
A rocket ma - aaa - a-an,
Am7/G       D/F# D/A | D D:Am7/D
  A rocket man.

Chorus: 2:49
G
  And I think it's gonna be
              C
A long, long time
                 C
Till touchdown brings me 'round
          G
Again to find

             G
I'm not the man they think
         C
I am at home.
            G/B
Oh no, no, no,
3:02
       A7
I'm a rocket man.
 C
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
 G         C | C
Here alone.

Chorus: 3:17
G
  And I think it's gonna be
              C
A long, long time
                 C
Till touchdown brings me 'round
          G
Again to find

             G
I'm not the man they think
         C
I am at home.
            G/B
Oh no, no, no,
3:30
       A7
I'm a rocket man.
 C
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
 G
Here alone.

Coda: (x8) 3:41
C
  And I think it's gonna be
   G
A long, long time.

Key

key
Em
original
key
Gm
Fm D#m
transpose
capo
on
3 fret
not in use
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B

Chord Fingerings

Official Music Video
Royal Festival Hall, London 1972
Live 2005

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